Johnson v. Waterfront Services Company

State: Illinois

Court: 5th District Appellate

Docket No: 5-07-0458 Rel

Case Date: 05/28/2009

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IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

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FIFTH DISTRICT ________________________________________________________________________ ALBERT JOHNSON, JR., ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Alexander County. ) v. ) No. 03-L-15 ) WATERFRONT SERVICES COMPANY and ) GEOFFREY C. SMITH, ) Honorable ) E. Dan Kimmel, Defendants-Appellees. ) Judge, presiding. ________________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court: Plaintiff, Albert Johnson, Jr., filed a complaint against defendants, Waterfront Services Company and Geoffrey C. Smith, in the circuit court of Alexander County. The court entered a summary judgment in favor of defendants. The appeal raises two issues: (1) whether plaintiff's complaint was preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (29 U.S.C.

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